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Locality Name:
Stekenjokk, Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1950
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1950

mindat Locality ID: 10918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10918.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stekenjokk, Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°5'23"N
Longitude: 14°27'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.089722222222,14.457777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteCubaniteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteValleriiteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1950195002793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1950195009052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41950195005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11195019500843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31950195001089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb195019500175
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219501950027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe195019500281
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1950195004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3195019500802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19501950024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu19501950030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS195019500170
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te195019500804
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14195019500784
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)195019500451
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21950195005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219501950039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81950195009056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19501950021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131950195005317
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]195019500237


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-0094919501950Proterozoic or Ordovician       S10918Stekenjokk, Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County, SwedenStekenjokkMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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